How To Install ruby-hdfeos5 on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-hdfeos5 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-hdfeos5 is Ruby interface to the HDF-EOS5 library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-hdfeos5 on Debian 12.

What is ruby-hdfeos5

ruby-hdfeos5 is:

HDF-EOS5 is a software library designed built on HDF5 to support EOS-specific data structures, namely Grid, Point, and Swath.

This package provides Ruby interface to the HDF-EOS5 library built on the NArray library, which is an efficient multi-dimensional numeric array class for Ruby.

There are three methods to install ruby-hdfeos5 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ruby-hdfeos5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-hdfeos5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-hdfeos5

Install ruby-hdfeos5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-hdfeos5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-hdfeos5

Install ruby-hdfeos5 Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-hdfeos5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-hdfeos5

How To Uninstall ruby-hdfeos5 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the ruby-hdfeos5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-hdfeos5

Uninstall ruby-hdfeos5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-hdfeos5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-hdfeos5

Remove ruby-hdfeos5 Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-hdfeos5 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-hdfeos5

Remove ruby-hdfeos5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-hdfeos5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-hdfeos5

Dependencies

ruby-hdfeos5 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-hdfeos5 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.